Garga Samhita (English)
by Danavir Goswami | 425,489 words
The Garga-samhita Verse 1.14.61, English translation, including word-by-word: This text represents a Vaishnava scripture which narrates the life Krishna, It was composed in seventeen cantos by Garga Muni: an ancient sage and priest of the Yadu dynasty having. This is verse 1 of Chapter 14 (The Liberation of Shakatasura and Trinavarta) of Canto 1 (goloka-khanda).
Verse 1.14.61
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning:
श्री-नारद उवाच
पाण्डु-देशोद्भवो राजा
सहस्राक्षः प्रतापवान्
हरि-भक्तो धर्म-निष्ठो
यज्ञ-कृद् दान-तत्-परः
śrī-nārada uvāca
pāṇḍu-deśodbhavo rājā
sahasrākṣaḥ pratāpavān
hari-bhakto dharma-niṣṭho
yajña-kṛd dāna-tat-paraḥ
śrī-nāradaḥ uvāca—Śrī Nārada said; pāṇḍu-deśa—in the country of Pāṇḍu; udbhavaḥ—born; rājā—king; sahasrākṣaḥ—Sahasrākṣa—eyes; pratāpavān—powerful; hari—of Lord Hari; bhaktaḥ—a devotee; dharma-niṣṭhaḥ—a follower of religion; yajña-kṛt—performer of sacrifices; dāna-tat-paraḥ—devoted to giving charity.
English translation of verse 1.14.61:
Śrī Nārada said: He was Sahasrākṣa, a powerful king of Pāṇḍu-deśa. He was a devotee of Lord Hari, a follower of religion, a performer of yajñas, and a giver of charity.